consonantal
/kon-suh-nan-tl/US // ˌkɒn səˈnæn tl //UK // (ˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl) //
辅音,声母,韵母,同音
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : of, or of the nature of, a consonant.
- : marked by consonant sounds.
Examples
Again and again that melancholy ululation, with never a consonantal sound to break it, went forth into the night.
Only the latter is a true illustration of consonantal modification as a grammatical process.
A subsidiary but by no means unimportant grammatical process is that of internal vocalic or consonantal change.
Consonantal change as a functional process is probably far less common than vocalic modifications, but it is not exactly rare.
There are four main types of articulation generally recognized within the consonantal group of sounds.
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